While millions enrolled in Obamacare face prices being jacked up in 2026 because of expired subsidies, those Americans who get their health plans through their employer are also about to face steep price hikes, according to experts.
A key sticking point in the recent negotiations to reopen the government and end the record-breaking shutdown was whether to extend Covid-era subsidies and tax credits that applied to nearly all of the roughly 24 million people buying insurance on the Obamacare marketplaces. The deal to reopen the government will let those add-ons lapse at the end of the year, potentially jacking up prices by $1,000 or more for such Affordable Care Act plans.
